Protocols and HTTP o Tim Berners-Lee implements his childhood Enquire “2.0” o It took off because it could do hypertext on the internet! o 3 crucial components: HTTP, HTML, URI o What is HTTP?

1-2 The Internet: A nuts and bolts view o The Internet is a network of networks consisting of: o hosts; o communication links of varying bandwidths; o switching devices known as routers. o Communication paths are shared using packet switching. Network Protocols and HTTP

1-3 Hosts, clients, and servers o Hosts can be can be either clients or servers. o A client program running on one host requests and receives a service from a server program running on another system o (We also have P2P connections…) Network Protocols and HTTP

1-4 Sending and receiving information Handshake Network Protocols and HTTP

1-5 Connection-oriented service (“TCP”) o Reliable data transfer: We can rely on the connection to deliver all of its data without error and in the proper order. o Flow control: Neither side of a connection overwhelms the other. o Internet congestion- control: Attempts to prevent Internet gridlock Network Protocols and HTTP

1-6 There is also Connectionless service (“UDP”) o There are no handshakes with a connectionless service. o The sending side simply sends the packets and hopes for the best. o Useful in multimedia (e.g., phone, video) apps

1-7 Packet switching o Messages are broken into packets each of which travels from the source to destination through a maze of routers and links. o Most routers are store-and-forward, meaning the switch must receive the entire packet before it can transmit it outbound link.

1-8 Message pipelining o When the message is segmented into packets, the network is said to pipeline message transmission.

1-9 The Internet backbone

1-10 Taking an airplane trip

1-11 Horizontal layering of functionality

1-12 The Internet protocol stack o Application layer supports network applications (HTTP, SMTP, FTP). o Transport layer provides transport of messages between client and server (TCP and UDP). o Network layer is responsible for routing datagrams from one host to another (IP). o Link layer moves frames from node to node (Ethernet, PPP). o Physical layer moves individual bits of within a frame from node to node.

1-13 Client-server processes o Programs don’t communicate, processes do. o For each pair of communicating processes there is a client side and a server side. o The host that initiates the session is labeled the client, while the process that waits to be contacted is the server. o A process many play both roles at different times.

1-14 The sending process must specify o The name or address of the host (hostname or IP address), and o The process on that host that will handle the received message (port number).

1-15 Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol o HTTP is the Web’s client/server protocol. o User agent (browser) implements the client side of HTTP. o Web pages generally consist of a base HTML file which references other objects (JPEG, GIF, Java applet, audio clips).

1-16 HTTP/1.0 nonpersistent connection 1a.Client initiates a TCP connection to on port Client sends HTTP request for /someDepartment/home.index to TCP socket set up in 1. 1a.Server at host accepts connection and acknowledges. 3.Server receives message, finds, encapsulates, and sends object in HTTP response.

1-17 The dance continues... 5.Client receives response message. TCP connection terminates. Client extracts file, examines HTML, and requests other objects. 4.Server tells TCP to close TCP connection (but TCP waits to hear from client first). 6.First four steps are repeated for each referenced object.

1-18 Timing of a nonpersistent connection

1-19 HTTP/1.1 persistent connections o In an HTTP/1.1 persistent connection, the server leaves the TCP connection open after sending a response. o Subsequent requests and responses (pipelined or not) between the same client can be sent on the same connection.

1-20 HTTP request message GET /somedir/page.html HTTP/1.1 Host: User-agent: Mozilla/4.0 Connection: close Accept-language:fr request line (GET, POST, HEAD commands) header lines Carriage return, line feed indicates end of message

1-21 HTTP response message HTTP/ OK Connection: close Date: Thu, 06 Aug :00:15 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.0 (Unix) Last-Modified: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 …... Content-Length: 6821 Content-Type: text/html data data data data data... status line (protocol status code status phrase) header lines requested HTML file

1-22 Some HTTP response status codes 200 OK request succeeded, requested object in this message 301 Moved Permanently requested object moved, new location specified in this message (Location) 400 Bad Request request message not understood by server 404 Not Found requested document not found on this server 505 HTTP Version Not Supported

1-23 Testing HTTP using cURL curl -v --http1.0 > response_body.txt * Connected to cs.wellesley.edu ( ) port 80 (#0) > GET /~cs315 HTTP/1.0 > User-Agent: curl/ > Host: cs.wellesley.edu > Accept: */* > < HTTP/ Moved Permanently < Date: Sun, 01 Feb :08:47 GMT * Server Apache/ (Red Hat) is not blacklisted < Server: Apache/ (Red Hat) < Location: < Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso < X-Varnish: < Age: 0 < Via: 1.1 varnish-v4 < Content-Length: 322 < Connection: close < { [data not shown] :--:-- --:--:-- --:--: * Closing connection 0

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1-25 Process communication across the Net o A process sends messages into, and receives messages from, the network through its socket or API. o A socket is the interface between the application layer and the transport layer within a host.

1-26 Authorization (“logging in”) 1.Client issues HTTP request message. 3.Client requests name and password through user agent and resends message with authorization header line including username and password. 2.Server at host returns response 401: Authorization Required. 4.Server receives response, verifies user and returns requested file.

1-27 Cookies (remembering past exchanges) 1.Client issues HTTP request message. 3.Browser appends line to magicCookie file and displays page. 2.Server at host returns response + Set-cookie: Server uses ID to serve up appropriate files. 4.Sometime later the user issues another request to same domain. Browser retrieves and sends Cookie:

1-28 Cookies as a distributed database

1-29 Cookies and privacy

1-30 Delays o Processing delay: Time required to examine the packet’s header and determine where it goes. o Queuing delay: Time packet waiting to be served. o Transmission delay: Store-and-forward delay. o Propagation delay: Time to push a bit through a link.

1-31 Packet loss o We have been assuming infinite queue capacity. That’s not the case! o When a packet arrives to find a full queue, the router will drop that packet... o... and it will be lost. o Q: Have you heard of DoS?

1-32 “Real” Internet delays and routes o What do “real” Internet delay & loss look like? o Traceroute attempts to measure delay from source to each router along an Internet path towards destination. o For each router i o sends three packets that will reach router i on path towards destination o router i will return packets to sender o sender times interval between transmission and reply. 3 probes

1-33 Traceroute from gaia.cs.umass.edu 1 cs-gw ( ) 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 2 border1-rt-fa5-1-0.gw.umass.edu ( ) 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 3 cht-vbns.gw.umass.edu ( ) 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms 4 jn1-at wor.vbns.net ( ) 16 ms 11 ms 13 ms 5 jn1-so wae.vbns.net ( ) 21 ms 18 ms 18 ms 6 abilene-vbns.abilene.ucaid.edu ( ) 22 ms 18 ms 22 ms 7 nycm-wash.abilene.ucaid.edu ( ) 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms ( ) 104 ms 109 ms 106 ms 9 de2-1.de1.de.geant.net ( ) 109 ms 102 ms 104 ms 10 de.fr1.fr.geant.net ( ) 113 ms 121 ms 114 ms 11 renater-gw.fr1.fr.geant.net ( ) 112 ms 114 ms 112 ms 12 nio-n2.cssi.renater.fr ( ) 111 ms 114 ms 116 ms 13 nice.cssi.renater.fr ( ) 123 ms 125 ms 124 ms 14 r3t2-nice.cssi.renater.fr ( ) 126 ms 126 ms 124 ms 15 eurecom-valbonne.r3t2.ft.net ( ) 135 ms 128 ms 133 ms ( ) 126 ms 128 ms 126 ms 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 fantasia.eurecom.fr ( ) 132 ms 128 ms 136 ms 3 delay measurements no response trans-oceanic link